Equity investment levels in Scotland’s smaller businesses continued to rise during the first half of 2022, despite well-publicised economic headwinds, according to new research published this week as part of the British Business Bank’s annual Nations and Regions Tracker. A total of £411m was invested between January and June 2022, more than the same period […]
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Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS) has selected Loveland in Colorado for its expansion into North America. The Scottish agricultural infrastructure company designs, produces and maintains vertical farming technology that enables indoor growing anywhere, eliminates the need for pesticides or fungicides and reduces water consumption by up to 95%. Opening a base of operations in the US
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The chief executive of M&S has called for a radical reform of the business rates system in the UK to prevent the total collapse of high streets. In a hard-hitting intervention, Stuart Machin has described the current system as “daylight robbery” and blamed it for cities and towns becoming “increasingly full of vacancies and dodgy
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Panther M*lk, Alcoholic oat milk cocktail made in Glasgow, plans to ramp up production and is targeting revenues of £1 million in 2023 following talks with major UK retailers. Founder of the Glasgow based brand Paul Crawford, who appeared on the BBC’s Dragons’ Den in March, aims to increase production volumes next year from hundreds
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A Start Up Loans-backed business owner from Scotland has been announced as a finalist for the Great British Entrepreneurship Awards. The announcement comes as the programme celebrates its 10-year anniversary, having delivered 98,000 loans worth over £922m in funding. The Great British Entrepreneur Awards, on the 21st November 2022, will be bringing together 1,400 entrepreneurs,
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(L) Gordon Thomson Head of Projects at Banks Renewables & (R) Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon Nicola Sturgeon has marked the connection of the UK’s tallest and most efficient onshore wind turbines to the national grid. The 200-metre structures are part of Banks Renewables’ Kype Muir Extension Wind Farm in South Lanarkshire that will consist
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Property developer S Harrison Developments have revealed exciting proposals for a residential-led development at Ocean Point 2 in Leith. Neighbouring Ocean Point 1, whose occupiers include VisitScotland, the brownfield site will aim to comprise a mix of residential homes for rent alongside other potential uses, which are currently being ascertained. These will occupy two buildings on
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Legal professionals in Dundee have raised hundreds of pounds to help some of the most vulnerable people in Scotland access legal services for free. Full-service law firm Thorntons and students from the Dundee Law School at the University of Dundee led the way as more than 30 law professionals took part in the inaugural Dundee
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